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and business is good!

Anyhoo, back at you again on the day I work from home on my thesis research - this gives you some idea as to why it'll take me forever to be a PhD. My new plan is to get my name legally changed to "John McGready, PhD", and let that be the end of it. While I'm at it I could also add "MD" and "AOK" to the end of my name, guaranteeing me at least better reservations potential at fancy places. Hopkins is so degree-centric - all my mail comes addressed to me as "John McGready MS" - as if to constantly remind me that I still have yet to cross the threshold into PhD hood.

So anyway, we made the journey to Queens this weekend to celebrate Passover with my in-laws. Actually, part 1 of the journey was to Queens - part 2 was to Nyack, where my sister-in-law is a cantor at a synagogue, where we help the family Passover Seder. Of course, being the Saturday after Passover, it wasn't the real deal, but attracted some attention from a local news reporter who needed to do a story on a Seder and must have been sleeping on Wednesday, so she came to interview attendees and take photos. I was hoping to the family spokesperson for the holiday (one of the few non-Jews in attendance, I thought I could give another perspective) but I was not one of the chosen ones. The Seder was fun, Micah and Emmet had a blast playing with cousins Rose, Keith and Jason, and the horseradish was freshly ground.

The drives up and back to the NY area from Bmore were brutal though - much traffic around the city made for slow going. The boys were very patient though and managed to make the ride fun.

Emmet is now a serious walker, and semi-serious talker - he's got about 20 distinguishable words in his repertoire including "dada", "dog", "ball", and "bath". His eating is improving, although we still need to have him GI scoped on May 1 to see if there are any serious internal irritation or malabsorption issues. We went through this already with Micah so it’s not so scary this time around, but still, one hates to have to put their kid through such a procedure.

Micah is a ball of fun too, constantly making us laugh with his stories and statements. More pictures are forthcoming!